Once again, we are proud to present the SSP Cash Power Index – a metric designed to measure cash-on-hand competitiveness. We divide a challenger’s cash-on-hand by the size of the incumbent’s war chest to gauge the financial gap between candidates.
There’s one very important caveat with this list, which makes it different from those we published after the first and second quarters: Many campaigns made final spending decisions before the filing deadline, so cash-on-hand figures may look artificially “low” in some cases. In other words, just looking at the final Cash Power Rankings often won’t give you a complete picture of where things stand. That’s why it’s important to consult our 3Q House fundraising chart in concert with this listing.
This list also does not take into account third-party independent expenditures (you can find that information here) or 527 “electioneering” expenditures (available here), which are another important measure of a race’s competitiveness. We also plan to release indices for open seats and for Senate races shortly.
| Cash Power Rank | 2Q Rank | District | Challenger | Party | CoH | Incumbent | Party | CoH | Cash Power Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | LA-06 | Cassidy | R | $477 | Cazayoux | D | $124 | 385% |
| 2 | 63 | CO-05 | Bidlack | D | $68 | Lamborn | R | $18 | 378% |
| 3 | 3 | TX-07 | Skelly | D | $1,141 | Culberson | R | $744 | 153% |
| 4 | 14 | AK-AL | Berkowitz | D | $384 | Young | R | $276 | 139% |
| 5 | 2 | GA-13 | Honeycutt | R | $317 | Scott | D | $240 | 132% |
| 6 | 9 | MI-07 | Schauer | D | $856 | Walberg | R | $692 | 124% |
| 7 | 52 | FL-13 | Jennings | D | $315 | Buchanan | R | $278 | 113% |
| 8 | 29 | KS-03 | Jordan | R | $430 | Moore | D | $380 | 113% |
| 9 | 10 | NY-29 | Massa | D | $401 | Kuhl | R | $375 | 107% |
| 10 | 16 | KY-03 | Northup | R | $764 | Yarmuth | D | $763 | 100% |
| 11 | 19 | WI-08 | Gard | R | $608 | Kagen | D | $669 | 91% |
| 12 | 28 | KS-02 | Jenkins | R | $553 | Boyda | D | $622 | 89% |
| 13 | 12 | OH-02 | Wulsin | D | $305 | Schmidt | R | $347 | 88% |
| 14 | 4 | ID-01 | Minnick | D | $177 | Sali | R | $202 | 88% |
| 15 | 34 | CA-50 | Leibham | D | $334 | Bilbray | R | $382 | 87% |
| 16 | 37 | CA-11 | Andal | R | $850 | McNerney | D | $1,022 | 83% |
| 17 | 30 | NC-10 | Johnson | D | $364 | McHenry | R | $443 | 82% |
| 18 | – | PA-03 | Dahlkemper | D | $275 | English | R | $394 | 70% |
| 19 | 46 | PA-04 | Hart | R | $812 | Altmire | D | $1,174 | 69% |
| 20 | 5 | WA-08 | Burner | D | $771 | Reichert | R | $1,194 | 65% |
| 21 | 13 | VA-10 | Feder | D | $648 | Wolf | R | $1,007 | 64% |
| 22 | 24 | FL-21 | Martinez | D | $1,118 | Diaz-Balart | R | $1,743 | 64% |
| 23 | 54 | NV-02 | Derby | D | $246 | Heller | R | $406 | 61% |
| 24 | 59 | MS-01 | Davis | R | $178 | Childers | D | $302 | 59% |
| 25 | 11 | MO-06 | Barnes | D | $304 | Graves | R | $522 | 58% |
| 26 | 27 | NY-24 | Hanna | R | $181 | Arcuri | D | $316 | 57% |
| 27 | 39 | NY-20 | Treadwell | R | $855 | Gillibrand | D | $1,498 | 57% |
| 28 | – | PA-10 | Hackett | R | $331 | Carney | D | $584 | 57% |
| 29 | 47 | PA-12 | Russell | R | $333 | Murtha | D | $591 | 56% |
| 30 | – | NE-02 | Esch | D | $266 | Terry | R | $514 | 52% |
| 31 | 48 | FL-16 | Rooney | R | $189 | Mahoney | D | $371 | 51% |
| 32 | 25 | VA-02 | Nye | D | $349 | Drake | R | $707 | 49% |
| 33 | 45 | NJ-05 | Shulman | D | $279 | Garrett | R | $571 | 49% |
| 34 | 7 | FL-24 | Kosmas | D | $356 | Feeney | R | $736 | 48% |
| 35 | 36 | CO-04 | Markey | D | $382 | Musgrave | R | $798 | 48% |
| 36 | 6 | IL-14 | Oberweis | R | $324 | Foster | D | $692 | 47% |
| 37 | 23 | VA-05 | Perriello | D | $321 | Goode | R | $686 | 47% |
| 38 | 55 | GA-08 | Goddard | R | $480 | Marshall | D | $1,098 | 44% |
| 39 | 38 | OH-01 | Driehaus | D | $362 | Chabot | R | $829 | 44% |
| 40 | 50 | CT-05 | Cappiello | R | $469 | Murphy | D | $1,084 | 43% |
| 41 | 1 | LA-01 | Harlan | D | $88 | Scalise | R | $205 | 43% |
| 42 | 42 | IL-13 | Harper | D | $333 | Biggert | R | $833 | 40% |
| 43 | – | TX-22 | Olson | R | $469 | Lampson | D | $1,176 | 40% |
| 44 | 68 | CA-45 | Bornstein | D | $179 | Bono Mack | R | $463 | 39% |
| 45 | 62 | IN-09 | Sodrel | R | $264 | Hill | D | $685 | 39% |
| 46 | 31 | TX-10 | Doherty | D | $221 | McCaul | R | $598 | 37% |
| 47 | – | SC-02 | Miller | D | $102 | Wilson | R | $301 | 34% |
| 48 | 20 | FL-25 | Garcia | D | $373 | Diaz-Balart | R | $1,132 | 33% |
| 49 | 21 | NH-01 | Bradley | R | $166 | Shea-Porter | D | $508 | 33% |
| 50 | 33 | PA-15 | Bennett | D | $245 | Dent | R | $763 | 32% |
| 51 | 51 | FL-08 | Grayson | D | $310 | Keller | R | $983 | 32% |
| 52 | 57 | PA-06 | Roggio | D | $216 | Gerlach | R | $701 | 31% |
| 53 | 43 | NV-03 | Titus | D | $246 | Porter | R | $836 | 29% |
| 54 | 65 | MN-01 | Davis | R | $318 | Walz | D | $1,083 | 29% |
| 55 | 61 | AZ-08 | Bee | R | $255 | Giffords | D | $917 | 28% |
| 56 | 60 | OH-02 | Krikorian | I | $96. | Schmidt | R | $347 | 28% |
| 57 | 49 | AZ-05 | Schweikert | R | $150 | Mitchell | D | $547 | 27% |
| 58 | – | TX-23 | Larson | R | $194 | Rodriguez | D | $717 | 27% |
| 59 | – | MN-06 | Tinklenberg | D | $357 | Bachmann | R | $1,368 | 26% |
| 60 | 74 | NJ-04 | Zeitz | D | $142 | Smith | R | $567 | 25% |
| 61 | 15 | CT-04 | Himes | D | $441 | Shays | R | $1,790 | 25% |
| 62 | 26 | MI-09 | Peters | D | $472 | Knollenberg | R | $1,947 | 24% |
| 63 | 70 | WV-02 | Barth | D | $245 | Moore Capito | R | $1,054 | 23% |
| 64 | – | NC-08 | Kissell | D | $250 | Hayes | R | $1,113 | 22% |
| 65 | 66 | CA-03 | Durston | D | $145 | Lungren | R | $680 | 21% |
| 66 | – | MN-02 | Sarvi | D | $136 | Kline | R | $676 | 20% |
| 67 | – | NH-02 | Horn | R | $110 | Hodes | D | $563 | 20% |
| 68 | – | PA-11 | Barletta | R | $251 | Kanjorski | D | $1,350 | 19% |
| 69 | – | IA-05 | Hubler | D | $65 | King | R | $351 | 19% |
| 70 | – | IA-02 | Miller-Meeks | R | $83 | Loebsack | D | $457 | 18% |
| 71 | 64 | SC-01 | Ketner | D | $206 | Brown | R | $1,166 | 18% |
| 72 | – | PA-08 | Manion | R | $370 | Murphy | D | $2,215 | 17% |
| 73 | 32 | AZ-03 | Lord | D | $150 | Shadegg | R | $923 | 16% |
| 74 | – | LA-06 | Jackson | I | $20. | Cazayoux | D | $124 | 16% |
| 75 | – | OH-03 | Mitakides | D | $91 | Turner | R | $587 | 16% |
John Adler has raised over 2.4 million with 1.2 COH, and his opponent Bushie Chris Myers has raised less then a million with only 287K COH.
She is still near the top of the spreadsheet.
and/or threadjack, but the unfortunate death of state Senator Rhoades (R), who was up for reelection, opens another seat in the Pennsylvania state Senate. The district in Schuykill County doesn’t sound heavily R.